The Female I in Modern Greek Prose Fiction 1924-1962: a Literary Development of Freeing the Female Voice
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Beteilige Person: Camatsos, Efrosini (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Lewiston The Edwin Mellen Press 2012
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Beschreibung:THE FEMALE ""I"" IN MODERN GREEK PROSE FICTION, 1924-1962: A Literary Development of Freeing the Female Voice; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Preface; Note on transliteration and translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Early uses of the female ""I"" by male and female authors; 2. Speaking through silence: disrupting language; 3. ""I"" or ""She""? Shifting Filter Characters; 4. Gendered narration: the case of Dido Sotiriou; 5. Gender or Marginality?: Kostas Tachtsis's The Third Wedding Wreath; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
In this monograph, Dr. Comatsos analyzes the utilization of female narrators in Greek fiction from 1924-1962 and connects the appearance of women in the public sphere in Greece. The author examines female narrators in nine novels written by both male and female authors using narratology, feminism, and Bakhtin's polyphony in her inquiry. She follows the emergence of the female "I" from private forms of writing (diary, journals) to more public ones. She shows how male authors (here, Grigorios Xenopoulos and Nikos Katiforis) use a female voice to justify male patriarchal ideologies. Additionally
Umfang:322 pages
ISBN:9780773418240
0773418245